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Tributes have been paid to the late barrister and Fianna Fáil politician Michael O'Kennedy, who passed away on Friday at the age of 86. Over the course of a decades-long career in politics, Mr O'Kennedy served as a government minister, a European Commissioner, a TD and a Senator.

Corporate lawyer Deirdre MacCarthy has been appointed as chief legal officer at Wayflyer, the revenue-based financing and growth platform for eCommerce merchants. Ms MacCarthy brings over a decade of experience working with high-growth technology companies following time at the corporate technology

Around 50,000 written judgments from England and Wales can now be accessed through a dedicated online service run by The National Archives, the official archive and publisher for the UK government. The new case law service currently provides access to superior court judgments dating back to 2003 and

Modern flapjacks are sweets and not cakes, the UK's tax tribunal has ruled – with enormous tax implications for manufacturers. In a case with echoes of the famous dispute over whether Jaffa Cakes are cakes or biscuits, the First-Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) said flapjacks made by Glanbia are to

Ireland has agreed to provide an additional €3 million in funding to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The funding announcement, made by foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney on a visit to Kyiv last week, includes €1 million to be disbursed immediately to the Office of the Prosecuto

Landmark events including the assault on the occupied Four Courts and the establishment of An Garda Síochána will be commemorated by the Department of Justice this year as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme.

Charities across Northern Ireland have been invited to apply for a share of up to £50,000 funding through the Allen & Overy Foundation, which is funded by contributions from A&O partners worldwide. The funding is managed locally by the Belfast grants committee, which administers suppor

The Vasileostrovsky District Court in Saint Petersburg yesterday placed Aleksandra Skochilenko, an activist who replaced price tags in supermarkets with anti-war slogans, into pre-trial detention amid a wider clampdown on a network of feminist-led anti-war activists, Amnesty International has said.

The resignation of Lord Wolfson over the 'partygate' scandal is one the UK government can "ill afford", Joshua Rozenberg QC (Hon) has said. The legal journalist pointed out that Lord Wolfson, who tendered his resignation as parliamentary under-secretary of state for justice yesterday, was "pers

The European Commission has proposed the first-ever framework to protect the intellectual property for craft and industrial products that rely on the originality and authenticity of traditional practices from their regions.  This framework will cover products such as Donegal tweed, Murano

A traveller was forced to part with his cane at airport security after officials discovered a blade inside it – which the man said he didn't know was there.

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The UK government's proposals to replace the Human Rights Act with a new British Bill of Rights risk weakening existing human rights protections, Westminster's joint committee on human rights has warned. In a new report, the committee warns that the new regime could cause confusion and result in mor

Mr Justice Senan Allen has been nominated by ministers for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal. A judge on the High Court since 2018, Mr Justice Allen will fill the vacancy arising from the appointment of Mr Justice Brian Murray to the Supreme Court in February.

Respected town agent Alan Bashford has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Bashford spent his entire legal career at C&H Jefferson Solicitors, joining the firm in 1953 and retiring in 2003.